After years of being out on loan and then lost, the paintings, titled "History of United States Locomotives," are back in the possession of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
Courses for Hazardous Materials Transportation and Chemical Emergency Response Training are being held at the National Labor College beginning October 25, 2009.
States applied for billions of dollars for passenger-rail projects Monday, marking the start of a stimulus program designed to kick-start high-speed rail service in the U.S.
The first state applications for “shovel-ready” passenger rail projects are due into the Federal Railroad Administration on Aug. 24, and FRA Administrator Joseph Szabo thinks some of the federal grants to follow will need to help freight lines get ready for more and faster passenger trains.
Members of Teamsters Joint Council 73 and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen in New Jersey recently helped make some wishes come true for eight special children with terminal cancer.
Midwest governors met in Chicago on Monday in a show of unity as they push for an eight-state, high-speed rail network — agreeing to set up a group that will coordinate the states' bid for a share of $8 billion in federal stimulus cash for such projects.
Leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) and Teamsters met on July 15 with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
A long-delayed plan to reduce congestion in the nation's busiest freight rail hub has won $322 million in funding from Illinois, a big victory for railroads that improves the odds the state will win federal stimulus grants to expand passenger rail service.
An impending cap on hours worked by train crews has major U.S. railroads wanting to alter pay agreements to reflect the curbs, and they have asked a federal court to quickly step in.
Welcome to the Rail Conference web page. We hope this website will serve as a source of information on the latest developments in the Conference.The Teamsters Rail Conference is the organization created by the mergers of the BLET and the BMWED into the Teamsters Union.
The Teamsters Rail Conference represents more than 70,000 locomotive engineers, trainmen and maintenance of way workers on commuter, passenger and freight rail lines across the United States.
